Job 30:16
New International Version
“And now my life ebbs away; days of suffering grip me.

New Living Translation
“And now my life seeps away. Depression haunts my days.

English Standard Version
“And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold of me.

Berean Standard Bible
And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me.

King James Bible
And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

New King James Version
“And now my soul is poured out because of my plight; The days of affliction take hold of me.

New American Standard Bible
“And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of misery have seized me.

NASB 1995
“And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have seized me.

NASB 1977
“And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have seized me.

Legacy Standard Bible
“And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have seized me.

Amplified Bible
“And now my soul is poured out within me; The days of affliction have seized me.

Christian Standard Bible
Now my life is poured out before me, and days of suffering have seized me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now my life is poured out before my eyes, and days of suffering have seized me.

American Standard Version
And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And now my soul is troubled, and the days of my affliction have surrounded me

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Even now my life shall be poured forth upon me; and days of anguish seize me.

Contemporary English Version
I am sick at heart! Pain has taken its toll.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And now my soul fadeth within myself, and the days of affliction possess me.

English Revised Version
And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Now my life is pouring out of me. Days of suffering seize me.

Good News Translation
Now I am about to die; there is no relief for my suffering.

International Standard Version
"Now, my soul pours itself out; the time of my affliction has taken control of me.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

Literal Standard Version
And now, in me my soul pours itself out, | Days of affliction seize me.

Majority Standard Bible
And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me.

New American Bible
And now my life ebbs away from me, days of affliction have taken hold of me.

NET Bible
"And now my soul pours itself out within me; days of suffering take hold of me.

New Revised Standard Version
“And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold of me.

New Heart English Bible
"Now my soul is poured out within me. Days of affliction have taken hold on me.

Webster's Bible Translation
And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

World English Bible
“Now my soul is poured out within me. Days of affliction have taken hold of me.

Young's Literal Translation
And now, in me my soul poureth itself out, Seize me do days of affliction.

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Context
Job's Prosperity Becomes Calamity
15Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud. 16And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me. 17Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.…

Cross References
1 Samuel 1:15
"No, my lord," Hannah replied. "I am a woman oppressed in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.

Job 3:24
I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.

Psalm 22:14
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.

Psalm 42:4
These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.

Isaiah 53:12
Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.

Lamentations 2:12
They cry out to their mothers: "Where is the grain and wine?" as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives fade away in the arms of their mothers.


Treasury of Scripture

And now my soul is poured out on me; the days of affliction have taken hold on me.

my soul

Psalm 22:14
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

Psalm 42:4
When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.

Isaiah 53:12
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

have taken hold

Psalm 40:12
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

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Verse 16. - And now my soul is poured out upon me (comp. Psalm 42:4). My very soul seems to be gone out of me. "I faint and swoon away, because of my fears" (Lee). The days of affliction have taken hold upon me. All my prosperity is gone, and I am come to "the days of affliction." These "take hold on me," and, as it were, possess me.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And now
וְעַתָּ֗ה (wə·‘at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 6258: At this time

my soul
נַפְשִׁ֑י (nap̄·šî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

is poured out
תִּשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְ (tiš·tap·pêḵ)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 8210: To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out

within me;
עָ֭לַי (‘ā·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

days
יְמֵי־ (yə·mê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 3117: A day

of suffering
עֹֽנִי׃ (‘ō·nî)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6040: Affliction, poverty

grip me.
יֹ֭אחֲז֣וּנִי (yō·ḥă·zū·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | first person common singular
Strong's 270: To grasp, take hold, take possession


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